A/N: Happy New Year! And here is the first chapter of fourth year, I didn't see a point in putting it as a new story so I have just carried it on. Please Review and Favourite :)Have a good year!
"Right, Clara and Katie write to me at least once this year. Is that okay?" Louisa said as she put Clara's owl Charles on the trolley.
"Yes, and we'll be fine. Stop worrying, we're old enough now, I'm 13 now and Clara's 14, were basically adults now," Katie said as she hugged her mum.
"Well that's not true at all!" Louisa said as she tried to hug Clara who reeled away as she noticed Al, James and Lily getting onto the train.
"Bye then!" Katie and Clara shouted back as they got onto the train.
"Bye!" Louisa called back as she waved, "Wait Clara!"
"What?" Clara said as she popped her head out of the door.
"Oh Rory and Amy needed to speak to you, about something important apparently, I totally forgot. They said to send a letter when you got to school, don't get Charles to send it to their house obviously, speak to one of your friends and get their parents to send it I suggest. Bye! Have a good term!" Louisa said, Clara nodded before heading down the crowded corridor. She pushed her way through the crowds, saying sorry as she barged her way through.
Clara stopped when she reached the compartment at the end of the last corridor. She dumped her rucksack on the shelf and sat down with Moira on her lap.
"Hello!" she said cheerily.
"What took you so long?" Lorcan asked quickly as he closed the quibbler, and the train jolted as it left the station, they all waved through the window at their family before they were too far away and could only see London.
"No, hello Clara how are you? Did you have nice last few days of your holidays before you'd be stuck with us for the next term? Or how's your mum and sister? Or even how are you?" Clara said as she set Moira down on Scorpius' lap, he looked bewildered as the cat purred and then preceded to jump onto his head, and Clara reached for something in her rucksack.
"No we just needed all of us as were going to play exploding snap and we haven't got enough players. You are only a number and you're late," Lorcan said before he got the cards out of his bag. He put them down and then took Moira off Scorpius' head. Scorpius' stifled thanks, and then checked that Moira still wasn't perched on his head.
"Still afraid of her then Scor" Clara asked as she took Moira off Lorcan.
"No," Scorpius lied.
"Yeah the bewildered look on your face shows just how much you like my cat. Well anyway, how were your last few days of the holidays?" Clara asked.
"Well I have no clue I stayed in bed for the majority of it. Hoping that if I stayed in bed school wouldn't happen," Louis answered smiling as he leaned back and ruffled his messy hair.
"I doubt Bill or Fleur were too pleased with you for that," Lysander said laughing, "Us on the other hand were forced into Wales. It was so boring, mum and dad had errands to run. I wish I'd stayed in bed, but then again I think dad would have forced me on an adventure weekend to look for a new creature for his book, and I'd rather not do that."
"Surely going somewhere interesting would be fun?" Rose asked.
"Well not if you have to keep silent and hide in forests for two days straight, it is awful. We used to like it but now it's just same old," Lorcan answered.
"All I got to do was sit alone in the house for four days because mum and dad had to work. Hugo annoyed me so much by the end, it was so much effort not to jinx him. He kept pestering me to secretly buy him some stupid muggle object, his obsession is getting out of hand, Dad said yesterday that he was considering getting him a laptop or something, Mum immediately said a definitive no so it must have been bad," Rose said.
"Your mum was right as well, you would lose your mind with Hugo having a laptop," Eliza said as the train went out of the London suburbs and into the rich English countryside. They quietened down and started playing exploding snap after a while, which come to think of it wasn't any quieter.
"Right I'm bored out of my mind, and my stomach had decided to make whale noises. So I'm going to find the food trolley. Anyone want to come?" Clara asked as she got up and everyone looked up from what they were doing.
"Sure I'll come," Al said as he sat down his book, a recommendation for Rose and Clara obviously, and got up. They then headed to the left, the wrong direction; the trolley always came from the right, as it went through the prefects and teachers corridor first. Some of them in the compartment looked a little bit confused; Eliza and Louis on the other hand were smiling.
"They've gone the wrong way haven't they" Poppy asked, "Wait a sec, Louis and Eliza why are you wearing the largest smiles known to man?" They burst out laughing.
"Come on what it is?" Scorpius asked.
"You know Louis, If they don't know for themselves, I really don't think there is much point in telling them then. What do you think?" Eliza mocked as she laughed.
"Yeah there is no point, they don't see it," Louis said still laughing.
"Oh for Merlin's sake just tell us," Lorcan said as he tried to hit Eliza with his quibbler.
"Fine! Fine! Well basically, those two so like each other and –"Eliza started.
"Ew no that's my best friend and my cousin. No. Never. No. Nope-"Rose said.
"Oh please just let me speak Rose. And you can't really speak as you and Scor so plainly like each other and he's Al's best friend and Al's your cousin. Well as I was-"Eliza said Rose and Scorpius looked really shocked.
"That is not true!" They exclaimed in unison.
"Oh shove off you two we have all seen the way you look at each other, so for god's sake at least make an effort and go to Hogsmeade together," Poppy said.
"Right can I please get on with what I was saying? Well Al and Clara haven't got such a bad memory that they don't know which way the train is going it always comes from the left. They know their left and right, so they knew they were going the wrong way. They'll come back after they've taken the time to kiss each other in an empty compartment," Eliza said, this time everyone kept quiet.
"I really doubt that they've gone to go kissing El," Louis said.
"No they have totally gone and snogged Lou!" Eliza said, she may or may not have been exaggerated.
"Eliza they will have just forgot the way or something, I seriously doubt that Al and Clara are snogging in a compartment. We'll go and find them if the food trolley comes and they're still not back," Rose said.
"They so totally are," Eliza muttered as she went back to her book.
"El!" Louis said. About ten minutes later the food trolley went past and Clara and Al still weren't back. They decided that Eliza and Louis should go looking for them; they left after eating rather a lot of sweets and a pumpkin pasty.
"So where do you think they'll be then major detective Eliza?" Louis asked as they walked to the right.
"Major Detective!" They both said in unison as they did a salute together, they then burst out laughing. It was a weird thing they did when anyone said anything like lieutenant, major, general etc.
"Anywhere this way and I'm not a detective thanks very much," Eliza said.
"If they aren't here this way will we go back or search the other way?" Louis asked, as they checked in another compartment.
"I guess we just go back they have to be on the train somewhere," Eliza answered; they kept checking all the compartments on the way.
"Well they don't really seem to be here, unless they have managed to fit themselves on the luggage rack, but somehow I doubt that is very likely," Louis said, Eliza laughed. They reached the last corridor of the train, and in the second compartment they saw Albus and Clara, who were banging really loud on the glass and shouting very loud, but clearly there was a silencing spell on the glass as Eliza and Louis could hear nothing. They tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge.
"We'll get you out; it must've been locked with magic because alohamora won't work. We need a key; please can you use your wand or something to tell us where it may be?" Eliza asked as she put her wand away and tried the door again. Using a torch spell Clara spelled out a T before Louis felt on top of the door frame and found a key. He used it on the door handle and it clicked as he turned it and the door swung ajar.
"What the hell happened to you?" Eliza asked after she'd hugged her friend.
"Guess who you think it was?" Al asked as he put his hands in his pockets.
"Let me think: Violet?" Louis said as they left and started walking back to their compartment.
"You bet ya! Well we went the wrong way to go look for food; we had realised this and as we were walking back to the other way Violet stopped us with Veronica as well. And you can well see what happened next, she locked us in the compartment and used a silencing spell on the glass," Clara said as they reached their corridor.
"Ugh she really is horrible!" Eliza said as they entered their compartment, "Are you going to speak to Professor Longbottom?"
"I don't know we're fine aren't we?" Al said as he sat back down where he had sat before, over an hour ago.
"Al stop it, you remember what happened in first year you don't you. She broke your arm for god's sake, Al she locked us in a compartment this time. And in second year she tried to get you expelled. For merlin's sake I know you hate to grasp but seriously she is a massive bitch!" Clara argued.
"Language!" Everyone shouted in the compartment in unison, it resulted in a giant high five and a laughing fit.
"As I was saying you need to just tell the headmaster Al!" Clara repeated.
"No, I still don't think it's a brilliant idea," Al said leaning back into the seat, they were now only a few hours away from the school.
"She has got a point Al," Lorcan said, "but first please may you just explain what happened."
"Well Violet locked us in a compartment and used a silencing spell so that no one could hear us," Al explained.
"Well you do really need to speak to Longbottom Al. Clara is going to go on her own if you don't come, please you need to do it Al, " Scorpius said.
"Are you certain that I have to go?" Al asked again.
"Yes!" Rose exclaimed.
"Fine! As long as you stop your badgering but if she does something worse after this I blame you lot," Al said giving in.
"Al you idiot the point is that she'll be punished and not do it again," Rose said annoyed. He left it for the rest of the journey. An hour later they all got changed as it became dark and they eventually rolled up into the station.
After they had dropped their small bags of they got into a carriage and road up into the school out of Hogsmeade station. When they reached the entrance they all walked up the steps into the great hall where Lorcan, Lysander and Scorpius left to go to their separate tables.
"Well this should be a fun two hours, housing ceremony, singing and announcements all before we get to eat. And I'm starving, I am sorry in advance if I end up eating one of you. I may resort to cannibalism," Poppy said as she sat down next to Chris on the table opposite Molly and James.
"Hi! And you surely can't be that hungry Poppy," Molly said.
"Does anyone know anyone who's in first year this time?" Al asked.
"Nada," Rose said, everyone else shook their heads. A few minutes later the large doors to the great hall swung open and with Professor Kirk leading them, the confused and yet amazed first-years followed behind.
Around half an hour later Professor Longbottom stood up and made his announcements.
"Welcome back, and welcome to all of you. Whilst I hope you enjoy the great feast that awaits you, first I have to remind you of the rules and an announcement for this term. The forest is forbidden to any student, unless with a lesson or with Hagrid. The sixth floor is currently out of bounds so no one is permitted there, Mr Kelby will be making sure no one goes there at all. And finally a good announcement, the ball is on again this year for third- year and above, but this year there has been a change. I would like the girls to ask the boys instead of the other way round please I hope you all have a good term, now you may eat!" The headmaster said. The hall was filled with rather a few stunned looks at the change of plans with asking someone to come.
"Well the next few weeks should be fun for you Al," Clara said laughing.
"What in merlin's name do you mean?" Al said.
"Oh just you wait for all the invitations you're going to get," Clara said.
"Why?" Al asked very confused.
"Oh just you wait!" Clara said still laughing.